Impacting in the Prophetic
I am often used by God in the most ordinary of circumstances to say something that has an impact beyond what should be its natural effect. For example I was in a church office this week waiting to see the senior minister and got speaking to the Church Administrator. After a few minutes I found myself being really vulnerable with her and telling her things that I normally have to know someone a while before I shared. I have learned that even though I am healed from the shame of past failures some people can’t take it, they want to keep you on the pedestal. After I spoke she hardly commented but said, ‘I can see that because of what you have experienced you can minister to others who have been in a similar mess by getting alongside them’. As the pastor emerged from his office he introduced me to two Ethiopians. The one was the pastor of the Ethiopian fellowship that meets in the church and the other a prophet. I ended up ministering to both. As I was praying for the second the Administrator said to the senior minister of the church, ‘Do you think he will pray for me?’ So I ended up praying for her and God gave me one word, ‘Crushed’. I said to her, ‘ I sensed you’ve been crushed’ and as I did she broke and wept. I continued ministering. I am not sure of the outcome but I am sure the story will unfold as I revisit the church.
Its often the case in the prophetic that you never see the end of the story. Recently God has been allowing me to hear some endings or at least progress reports,
On 10th November last year I received an e-mail from an old friend who related this story. At the play gym she runs at her church a young mum became unwell and had to be taken to hospital and ended having a miscarriage. She was three months pregnant..
“I feel so sorry for her, she doesn’t take care of herself very well, she had a baby only 6 months ago, and was now already nearly 3 months pregnant, I just found out today she lives in one room with her partner and 3 other children. The rest of the house is filled with rubbish and filth, and the baby has slept in a car seat since she was born because there is no room for a cot. I took her some flowers and a card, told her we cared and left our number. When her last baby was born we bought her some essentials and a couple of outfits, she just hugged us and cried, nobody seems to care for her. If anyone is on the Jericho road it’s her, she’s only 25, and her life is just so sad and damaged.”
I spoke to my friend and shared the simplest of words – “If you love her, you will win her”. This is the reply I received today, Sunday 10th June, seven months to the day..
“Hi Graham, do you remember some time ago I emailed you about a young mum who had a miscarriage at the centre one Friday during the play gym I run, you said “if you love her you’ll win her” the Holy Spirit really impacted that phrase to my heart and in fact it has really become our vision statement for the play gym workers for all the mums, we have been doing just that and this morning Rachel gave her life to Jesus, she was crying and laughing at the same time and it was lovely to see such a transformation in her… she had been at the play gym on Friday and was upset as it would have been this month she had her baby I sat and hugged her while she cried and today she came to church, God loves to heal, restore and give light and hope, this morning He did for Rachel what He loves to do”
I never cease to be amazed at the love of God. My friend received a simple word and applied it in a way that I would never have thought of. Six months later it produced its first fruit. May other fruits be harvested.
Pray with us for Rachel. That what has happened to her will happen to her partner, that together they will walk in God.